Sunday, July 28, 2019

Module 15: Sexual & Reproductive Health

Contraception Guidelines FSRH rcog Guidelines Reproductive health

This post is an outline of “Module 15: Sexual and Reproductive Health”. This is a very important module where many ethical and legal issues are to be considered. For exam purposes, it is mandatory to be aware of UK laws and practices. Sexual and reproductive health is an important aspect of a person’s life which needs to be dealt with sensitively.
  • When you look at the details of this module RCOG website, you will find that this module can be broadly divided as follows:
    • Fertility control which includes contraception and termination of pregnancy (TOP)
    • Psychosexual Disorders
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections including HIV/AIDS
Few Tips
  • For contraception, the main source of study is the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH) guidelines. At first, you may find it difficult to even think of going through so many guidelines. So it is strongly recommended to MAKE YOUR OWN NOTES after extracting important points from these documents. It will be time-saving while revising and help you to retain information easily
  • Main things to focus on:
    • UKMEC especially relative/absolute contraindications (UKMEC 3/4)
    • Efficacy of a method
    • Failure rate (typical/perfect use)
    • Non-contraceptive benefits (e.g condoms are used for the prevention of STIs)
  • It is important to be familiar with UK systems of STI screenings and referral pathways (GUM clinics, contact tracing etc) 
  • For relevant UK Laws, it is suggested to go through a previous blog post: Medical Law & Ethics
  • To organize the study, you can make a big folder with the name of the module “Sexual & Reproductive Health” and subfolders as outlined below in the tables & collect reading materials
  • Make a NOTE file for each topic which should be a summary for revision. Keep adding more points as you come across different sources

I hope you find it helpful and it saves you time. Kindly let me know if there is any modification required. Suggestions for improving future posts are welcome. 
Thanks

Module 15: Sexual and Reproductive Health (Click for Details)

Contraception

Main study source is FSRH Guidelines. In the following table, direct download links from FSRH as well as some other resources with references are also provided

Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)
Sterilization
PostPartum Contraception
Age Extremes
Co-Morbidities
Sexually transmitted Infections Including HIV

The main source of study is BASHH guidelines. In the table below, direct links for download are provided. You do not have to go through all the guidelines, but I have gathered it here as it is included in the reading resources (and sometimes we keep wondering the correct answer for a question). 

NOTE: If the following links do not work, kindly visit the BASHH website for updated links.

Urethritis and Cervicitis
Vaginal Discharge
Genital Ulceration
Syphilis 2015
Chancroid 2014
Systemic Presentations & Complications
HIV
Skin Conditions 
Vulval Conditions (Lichen Sclerosis, Lichen Simplex, Lichen Planus, Psoriasis, VIN) 2014
Viral Hepatitis
Sexual history taking and STI testing

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15 comments:

  1. Swati V29 July 2019 at 17:37

    So very helpful of u !

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    1. Rubab Khalid1 August 2019 at 12:16

      Thanks. I am glad it’s helpful for you Swati

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  2. Anonymous29 July 2019 at 17:51

    Thank you. Is it enough if we read summary of fsrh guidelines given from exam point of view?

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    1. Rubab Khalid1 August 2019 at 12:18

      You are welcome. At least for first reading you must go through the whole guideline to understand it. Later you can just revise the summary/you own notes
      Thanks

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  3. Shireen mazhar5 August 2019 at 02:01

    Please do help us with other modules as well.. really appreciate your effort.. thanks alot guide us for other modules otherwise all the material looks very scattered and scary

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    1. Rubab Khalid5 August 2019 at 10:31

      Thanks for your kind words and appreciation Shireen
      Keep following the blog and FB page, I’ll be adding modules outlines as I get time.

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  4. Shireen mazhar5 August 2019 at 02:02

    Please help us with other modules

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  5. RobertKReed22 April 2020 at 18:06

    v

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  6. Unknown26 June 2020 at 08:55

    So kind of you ma'am...thanx for d compiled syllabus..

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  7. Arowa27 June 2020 at 21:29

    Thank you ma'am.. it helped a lot. you helped my preparation be organised.. I'm grateful .

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    1. Rubab Khalid28 June 2020 at 00:16

      You are welcome Arowa!
      I am glad it is helpful for you

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  8. pratiba3 March 2021 at 08:50

    Mam, can't thank you enough.
    Such systematic detailing of modules.l got clarity regarding exam preparation only afterchecking your blog.
    Thanks again for the enormous efforts..

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    1. Rubab Khalid3 March 2021 at 13:41

      You are welcome Pratiba! I am glad you found it helpful.

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